Vipera aspis

Photo: Vipera aspis. Length: ca. 80cm.
Description: Vipera aspis. Length: ca. 80cm.
L Habitat: Extensively managed mountain grassland. Altitude: 2000 - 2025m a.s.l.
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Behaviour: The asp looked at us, let itself be photographed. Afterwards, it turned away and strode off surprisingly quickly. It disappeared into the blueberry-covered slope of the mountain path.
Lat.: Vipera aspis
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Location: Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Date Month/Year: 5.2020
Photographer: Simon Oberli, Hasle-Rüegsau
Number: F166074